CopernicusQwark

@CopernicusQwark@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do people still eat beef when we know it's terrible for Earth?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’s often just carnal desire which results in the death of something to the tune of ~80 billion (with a “B”) animals every year that didn’t really need to be slaughtered.

  I’m genuinely curious: what’s the vegans’ answer to the question of “what happens to the cattle and other livestock if everyone on the planet turned vegan tomorrow?”. It’s not like they can just be let loose…

  Realistically the amount of livestock is not sustainable and they’d need to be culled in gargantuan numbers so that they don’t go from a “managed” ecological disaster to an “out of control” ecological disaster. And then you get the slaughter without the benefit of feeding billions of hungry people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hades 2 Technical Test to Wind Down Today, Steam Early Access Release Date ‘Relatively Soon’ After⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That was very quick! I expected the technical test to go on much longer than that!

  Now it’ll be the dilemma of “do I buy it in early access knowing that it’ll be only a fraction of the content, or do I wait for 1.0?”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Artist behind Mona’s ladies-only lounge ‘absolutely delighted’ man is suing for gender discrimination⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I read through the ABC article on this yesterday, and I’m pretty sure it said that people who identify as women are also welcome in the installation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nerding out in group is fun tho⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Okay, I’ll bite. What does “a Hobbit” mean as a unit of measurement?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Australia's most painful creatures⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That might be because the wrong snake venom will just kill you. The stuff listed in this article will make you beg for someone to kill you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Peter Dutton calls for boycott of Woolworths after Australia Day merchandise dropped⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I had to check whether this is was from The Shovel or not. Honestly, it’s baffling that a federal politician (and head of the opposition) is focusing on something so trivial.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starfield is 30% off on Steam, not even during a major steam sale. It's been only two months.⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The difference between cyberpunk 2077 and starfield is that cyberpunk screwed up the technical side of things at launch, but had a rich story with great characters and an immersive world full of environmental story telling even in very off the beaten track locations. CDPR has been able to improve the performance to match the quality of the rest of things

  Subjectively speaking, Starfield in contrast had a decent technical launch but the world feels empty, the story is “meh” at best, the companions are one note boyscouts and the exploration gets stale very quickly. I don’t see Bethesda completely overhauling the game’s systems to change those things.

  As an example, in CP2077 I was in a random section of Chinatown far away from any quest or location marker and decided to explore. I found my way to some enclosed pipe tunnel which lead to a huge pit with a platforming puzzle leading to a junk pile with a corpse which had a note on it and an exotic weapon. No reason to ever go that way, but there was something interesting to find.

  In contrast, beyond my example of the frozen labs in my comment above, in 90 hours playing Starfield I never once found something of value in a cave. That is certainly not something that encourages exploration.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ok, the clutter itself is bugging me now. It's all identical, right?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The moment Starfield lost its shine for me was when I went into my second frozen lab and the layout was identical. I realised that the procedural dungeons I had been expecting were complete BS and that only quest related stuff would be unique, which was very disappointing.

  I was expecting procedurally linked cells, a la Dead Cells or Diablo. Yes, individual sections would be recognisable, but how they’re put together would be different each time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla FREE DLC⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a fair point. Maybe it comes down to “is this something that you expect should have been in the game to begin with, or is it something extra that the Devs have added over and beyond?”.

  Definitely a very broad term to the point of near-meaninglessness though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Game Awards 2023: List of Winners⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Congratulations to all the winners - they’re all very well deserved! No surprises here (though very pleased) to see BG3 clean house.

  It’s very unfortunate for Insomniac that SM2 didn’t get any wins, but it goes to show how crazy good this year has been for gamers!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla FREE DLC⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think there’s a distinction - I would consider an “update” with new content to be something minor (such as BG3’s recent epilogue content). “Free DLC” to me is a much more hefty addition, such as the Godmaster DLC for Hollow Knight.

  (Disclaimer: I’ve not watched this trailer since I’m at work)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Paris Olympics 2024: Locals ask if they're worth the trouble⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s interesting how populations are now growing extremely wary of hosting these events, though overwhelmingly enjoy watching them take place elsewhere. Peak NIMBY.

  Just earlier this year Melbourne in Australia pulled the plug for the Commonwealth Games, citing cost blowouts, and now the CG are scrambling to find a new host given that there are zero cities interested in hosting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Steam Autumn Sale and Steam Award Nominations are Live until 28th November⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They want everyone to buy Payday 3 to make it seem like less of a flop, so they have no reason to discount old content.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nominees for Game of The Year at TGA 2023⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it’s quite telling that Starfield only showed up once, despite being one of the most hyped games of the year.

  So many strong games here! I’m a little biased since I’ve not played many of these, but I’m hoping BG3 cleans house.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Sacred Hole⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Rock and stone?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨27 tips/tricks, many of which you probably already know⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Why don’t they explain really cool things like this?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Clutter - what's it all for?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not you, it’s the game that’s missing something. I too am trying to find a use for it all and am at a loss.

  At this point, I’ve transferred all my resources from a 6-outpost system to the Lodge. With the amount of stuff I have, there’s simply no need to go back to my outposts for any crafting.

  I also am collecting things I no longer need because you can’t turn off the resource tracker after completing research on a project.

  I’m glad I’ve never bothered with the tracker, because it would frustrate me to no end to not be able to turn it off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Weekly 'What are you playing?' Discussion - 02-10-2023⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  If you’re halfway through act 2 I wouldn’t worry about that. I think I spent as much time in act 3 as in acts 1 & 2 combined!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tinder Launches $499 USD-Per-Month "Tinder Select" Membership⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  “Tinder Select Ultra Plus” tier membership, I’m guessing.